2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Aftermath, July 4 foreshock
Hours after the Mw  6.4 foreshock, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved an emergency proclamation for Kern County. Local emergency responders such as the Los Angeles Police Department used social media to alert the public that they were aware of the earthquake and to only use 9-1-1 if there was dangerous conditions or injuries. Routine protocol inspections of major infrastructure, including the Los Angeles Aqueduct, were conducted across the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Ventura County Fire Department dispatched personnel to survey the county for damage. Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake brought in additional personnel to conduct damage assessments. The USGS sent geologists to Kern County soon after the foreshock to look for a surface rupture and collect data. Disneyland suspended ride operations for inspection.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Aftermath, July 4 foreshock
On July 4, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said there was a "1 in 20 chance" that the shock would be followed by larger earthquakes over the next few days. Jones also noted that the magnitude of additional shocks would also likely increase, with some possibly exceeding 5 Mw .


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Aftermath, July 5 mainshock
The State Operations Center for the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) was raised to its highest level by Governor Newsom to coordinate resources. The agency distributed cots, water, and food. Due to temperatures exceeding 100 °F (38 °C), Cal OES established cooling stations in the affected areas. Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for San Bernardino County on July 6. The California National Guard deployed 200 personnel to assist in relief operations. Power and water service was restored to Ridgecrest and roads were deemed safe by July 7; however, residents were advised to boil water for several days.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Aftermath, July 5 mainshock
Following the shock, (NAWS) Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake evacuated all non essential personnel and declared the base as "not mission capable until further notice" in a statement published on the base's Facebook page on July 6.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Aftermath, July 5 mainshock
In addition, Dr. Lucy Jones said that the odds of another 7 Mw  or above earthquake was a "1 in 10 chance", with a "50-50" chance of a 6 Mw  hitting the Owens Valley. The NW-SE fault is believed to now have increased to between 25 and 30 miles in length.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquake early warning
Many residents of Los Angeles County were not pleased when an earthquake early warning mobile app, ShakeAlertLA, did not alert them to either of the Ridgecrest earthquakes, which many people assumed to be a failure. This app, developed by the City of Los Angeles in partnership with the USGS, and released at the beginning of 2019, is intended to give users located in Los Angeles County some tens of seconds of warning of possibly damaging shaking from a non-local earthquake. ShakeAlertLA is triggered by the ShakeAlert system being developed by the USGS that monitors earthquakes across Southern California. When that system detects an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 or greater it calculates the intensity of shaking to be expected in Los Angeles County, factoring in the calculated magnitude and distance of the source.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquake early warning
At the time of the Ridgecrest earthquakes the threshold for issuing an alert was an expected shaking intensity in Los Angeles County of 4 (IV) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, what is considered "light shaking" with only slight damage (such as cracked plaster). The intensity expected for Thursday's quake (on the 4th) was calculated to be less than that, so no alert was issued. While the actual shaking reached intensity 4 in some areas in the northern part of the county, in other parts the intensity reached only a level 2 or 3, not noticed by many people. The second quake, having a greater magnitude, was felt more strongly, with an intensity of 4.5 in some places, and 3.9 downtown.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Earthquake early warning
According to the City of Los Angeles's Twitter account, the threshold will be lowered after this event.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The broad context of the Ridgecrest earthquakes is the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ), a seismically active region east of the southern segment of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) and largely coincident with the Mojave Desert, featuring multiple right-lateral strike-slip faults paralleling the SAF. It is transected by the Garlock Fault, extending northeast and then east from the SAF's "Big Bend" to the Death Valley Fault near the Nevada state line, passing Ridgecrest about fifteen miles to the south.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The ECSZ extends north along the east front of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Walker Lane, a zone of faulting extending into Nevada and northward, where the Sierra Nevada (Sierran) microplate that underlies most of Central California is being torn away from North American continent. Currently approximately one-quarter of the slippage between the Pacific Plate and North America is accommodated through the ECSZ and Walker Lane; it is expected that eventually the shearing will consolidate into a new transform fault that will replace the San Andreas Fault.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada strike-slip faulting happens on the Owens Valley Fault (OVF), part of which ruptured in the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake near Lone Pine. The OVF runs south, largely along U.S.  Highway 395, through Bishop, Big Pine, Independence, and Lone Pine to the northern end of Rose Valley and the northwestern corner of the Naval Weapons Center (NWC), where the OVF turns slightly to the east.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
At the south end of Rose Valley the Little Lake Fault – scene of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes – strikes southeast from near Little Lake (a "locale" at the south end of Rose Valley) to run under the Naval Weapons Center. The surface trace of the Little Lake Fault is mapped through the northeast corner of the City of Ridgecrest, but due to the dip of the fault the epicenters of the 2019 earthquakes are mainly under the NWC, where the Little Lake Fault intersects the broad north-south oriented Airport Lake Fault Zone. The fault continues on to the Garlock Fault about 15 miles southeast of Ridgecrest, just past Searles Station.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
East of Rose Valley, between the nearly parallel ends of the Owens Valley and Little Lake faults, lies the Coso Range and Coso Volcanic Field (a notable geothermal field). These lie in a zone where stress and strike-slip movement from the OVF is transferred to various other faults to the south and east, including the Little Lake and Airport Lake faults.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The Little Lake Fault has been considered a splay (branch) of the Sierra Nevada (or Sierran) Frontal Fault (SNFF) (formed by the uplift of the Sierra Nevada), but may actually accommodate a significant amount of the right-slip motion of the ECSZ, and (along with the Airport Lake fault zone) may be a major tectonic boundary. South of Little Lake the SNFF continues south along the west side of Indian Wells Valley (where Ridgecrest is situated), then curves west (roughly along California Highway 14) before connecting with the Garlock Fault.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The easterly striking left-slip Garlock Fault south of Ridgecrest is one of California's longest active faults, and marks the boundary between different styles of tectonic deformation. It has been called "somewhat enigmatic" in that it appears to neither offset, nor be offset by, any of the active, NW trending strike-slip faults that cross the ECSZ.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
In particular, even though the Little Lake Fault is in general alignment with the Blackwater Fault (and its southern extension, the Calico Fault), and a connection is "strongly suspected", and though the aftershocks triggered along the entire length of these faults by the 1992 Landers earthquake suggests a structural continuity, yet the surficial geology shows that "the Blackwater fault ends a few kilometers short of the Garlock fault." How to explain this apparent lack of fault offsetting, and the larger question of how strain (dislocation) is transferred through or around the Garlock Fault, remains unanswered.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Geodetic measurements show that the slip-rate of Garlock Fault is currently less than half of its estimated long-term geological rate. This may indicate that the Garlock Fault is in the late stages of its earthquake cycle.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The Scodie Lineament is a zone of microseismicity extending southwest (paralleling the Garlock Fault) from near Walker Pass (due west of Ridgecrest) to align with the White Wolf Fault, scene of the 1952 Kern County earthquake south of Bakersfield. The nature of the seismicity suggests an early stage in the formation of a strike-slip fault, before localized faulting in the shear zone has connected to form a continuous structure.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Historical seismicity
A large portion of the slippage between the Pacific and North American plates is accommodated in the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ), resulting in many large earthquakes even within the limited span of the historical era. Most notable of these earthquakes is the 1872 Owens Valley earthquake, With an estimated magnitude of 7.4 Mw (preferred; other estimates range as high as 7.9), this earthquake is believed to be the greatest earthquake on record not only for California, but for all of the western United States.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Historical seismicity
In March 1946 an ML 6.3 earthquake struck near Walker Pass (crest of the Sierra Nevada, due west from Ridgecest), with aftershocks continuing for nearly a year. The 1952 Kern County earthquake (Ms7.5, Mw 7.3), considered the biggest earthquake to hit California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, occurred on the White Wolf fault south of Bakersfield, and likely connected with the Walker Pass earthquake via the Scodie Lineament.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Historical seismicity
At the southern end of the ECSZ the 1992 Landers earthquake, at magnitude Mw 7.2 (Ms7.8) was also the strongest earthquake in California since 1906. It was followed by a Mw 7.2 (MS7.4) quake on a nearby fault, the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake. Following the Landers earthquake "a well-developed linear pattern of primary and triggered aftershocks" was observed that extended along the Little Lake Fault and into Owens Valley.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Historical seismicity
Smaller earthquakes are quite common. In the Ridgecrest area these include a ML5.2 earthquake in October 1961 near Brown (approximately halfway between Ridgecrest and Little Lake) that was felt in Independence and Los Angeles; it was preceded by eight minutes by an ML 3.4 foreshock felt in China Lake (east of Ridgecrest). Additional earthquakes struck near Walker Pass in 1961 (ML 5.3), 1962 (ML 4.9), and 1979 (ML 4.3). In 1977 two small quakes that hit Ridgecrest in February were followed by another pair of small earthquakes in March.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Historical seismicity
Seismicity in Indian Wells Valley has been characterized by swarms of thousands of earthquakes, some lasting for more than a year. The Ridgecrest earthquake sequence of 1995 was particularly notable, having eight events M ≥ 4.0. This sequence was similar to the 2019 earthquakes in having two main shocks: an ML 5.4 earthquake on August 17 located 11 miles north of Ridgecrest, and an ML 5.8 earthquake on September 20, located about a mile south-southwest of the first earthquake. Another shock on the 24th was ML 4.9. Another similarity with the 2019 events: the first earthquake, although occurring on a north-northwest trending fault (presumably the Little Lake fault), may have involved a northeast-strikingfault.


2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, Historical seismicity
An earlier study noted that successive earthquake sequences here tend to increase in number and magnitude, and migrate southward.


2019 Riga Masters
The 2019 Riga Masters (also known as the 2019 Kaspersky Riga Masters due to sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament held from 26 to 28 July 2019 at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia. It was the sixth Riga Masters event, with the first being held in 2013, and the first ranking event of the 2019/2020 snooker season. The defending champion, Neil Robertson, previously defeated Jack Lisowski in the 2018 final. However, Robertson and several other players were forced to withdraw from qualifying round matches due to flight cancellations, and therefore could not compete in the event.


2019 Riga Masters
Yan Bingtao defeated Mark Joyce 5–2 in the final, winning the event and earning his first career ranking title. Yan became the first teenager to win a ranking event in 13 years since Ding Junhui won the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy aged 19. No players from the top 20 in the world reached the quarter-finals. Lisowski scored the highest break of the tournament, a 145. The event had a total prize fund of £278,000 with the winner receiving £50,000. Qualifying for the event was held between 10 and 13 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.


2019 Riga Masters, Format
The tournament was played from 26 to 28 July 2019 at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and sponsored by Kaspersky Lab. Matches were played as best-of-seven frames until the semi-finals, which were best-of-nine frames. The quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final were all played on 28 July. The event was broadcast on Eurosport Player (Pan-Europe); NowTV (Hong Kong); Truesport Thailand; and Superstars Online, Youku, and Zhibo.tv (China).


2019 Riga Masters, Format, Prize fund
The prize fund was slightly increased from the 2018 event. The champion still received £50,000, but the total prize fund increased from £259,000 to £278,000, as follows:


2019 Riga Masters, Tournament summary, Early rounds
The round-of-64 began on 26 July 2019 in Riga, Latvia. Due to flight complications, many players missed the event and had to withdraw, including two-time and defending champion Neil Robertson, Kyren Wilson, and Joe O'Connor. World Snooker commented that due to the number of players missing their matches, it would be difficult to reschedule the affected matches. The held-over qualifying match between Robertson and Robert Milkins was not held as both players were unable to compete in the event the event, which gave Ben Woollaston a bye into the last 64. Milkins and Robertson made Twitter comments on their encounter, as penalty frames were awarded to each player for not appearing in the match.


2019 Riga Masters, Tournament summary, Early rounds
Three-time world champion Mark Williams defeated James Cahill 4–3, but Williams did not realise he could score a century break, after turning down the final black ball. Mark Selby received two byes before facing Graeme Dott in the second round. Dott won the first three frames of the match, but Selby won the final four to progress. In the round of 16, Selby lost to Stuart Carrington. The 2018 runner-up Jack Lisowski reached the round of 16, before losing to Mark Joyce.


2019 Riga Masters, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
After the round-of-16, no player qualifying for the quarter-finals was ranked in the top 20 in the world. With a ranking of 21, Yan Bingtao was the highest ranked player in the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals were all played on 28 July. In the quarter-finals, Joyce, who was world rank 54, defeated Carrington 4–1 to advance to the semi-finals, marking his best performance in a ranking event. After defeating Lyu Haotian and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in previous rounds, Kurt Maflin defeated Luo Honghao 4–1, reaching his third career semi-final. Matthew Selt defeated Mark King 4–1 to reach the semi-final. Selt was the only remaining player who had previously won a ranking event (the 2019 Indian Open). Yan defeated Li Hang 4–3 to reach the semi-finals for the first time since the 2017 Northern Ireland Open.


2019 Riga Masters, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
In the first semi-final, Joyce and Maflin exchanged frames throughout the match, with each player alternately winning each frame to tie at 4–4. After Maflin missed a yellow ball, Joyce made a match-high break of 126 to win 5–4. In the second semi-final, Yan defeated Selt 5–3. Neither player made a century break. However, Yan scored a match-high break of 88 to win.


2019 Riga Masters, Tournament summary, Final
The final between Yan and Joyce was played at 9 p.m. EEST (UTC+3) and refereed by Tatiana Woollaston. It was Joyce's first final, and neither player had previously won a ranking event. In the first frame, Yan required a snooker and fluked the cue ball behind the black, forcing Joyce to hit the blue ball instead of the brown, awarding Yan enough penalty points to be able to win the frame. Yan cleared the table to win the first frame. Yan won the second frame to lead 2–0, but Joyce won the third with a century break.


2019 Riga Masters, Tournament summary, Final
Yan won three of the next four frames, with breaks of higher than 50. He defeated Joyce 5–2, winning the event and earning his first career ranking title. Yan became the first player born after 2000 to win a ranking event, as well as the first teenager to win a ranking event in 13 years since Ding Junhui won the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy at age 19.


2019 Riga Masters, Main draw
The main draw for the tournament featured 64 players. Certain players had to withdraw from the competition due to flight difficulties, and are denoted below with a bye to their opponent. A w/d indicates a withdrawn player, whilst a w/o indicates a walkover. Players listed in bold denote match winners.


2019 Riga Masters, Qualifying
Qualifying matches were held between 10 and 13 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Matches involving Neil Robertson, Kishan Hirani, Mark Selby, Duane Jones, and Mark Williams, were planned to be played in Riga. All matches were best-of-seven frames.


2019 Riga Masters, Century breaks, Televised stage centuries
A total of 19 centuries were made during the event. Jack Lisowski scored a 145, the highest break of the event.


2019 Riga Masters, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
During the pre-tournament qualification round, 23 centuries were made. Dominic Dale scores the highest of these, with a break of 141.


2019 Rink Hockey Continental Cup
The 2019 Rink Hockey Continental Cup was the 39th season of the Continental Cup, Europe's roller hockey Super Cup, organized by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey.


2019 Rink Hockey Continental Cup
Four teams from three federations played for the title on 28 and 29 September 2019 in Lisbon.


2019 Rinnai 250
The 2019 Rinnai 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 23, 2019, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 163 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway, it was the second race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 Rinnai 250, Practice, First practice
Cole Custer was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 31.108 seconds and a speed of 178.218 mph (286.814 km/h).


2019 Rinnai 250, Practice, Final practice
Justin Haley was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 31.184 seconds and a speed of 177.783 mph (286.114 km/h).


2019 Rinnai 250, Qualifying
Qualifying was canceled due to rain. The starting lineup was determined by 2018 owner's points, meaning Cole Custer was awarded the pole for the race.


2019 Rio Grande Valley FC season
The 2019 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros season is the 4th season for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros in USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.


2019 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Club
Current first team squad, as of February 15, 2019. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 28, 2019.


2019 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.


2019 Rio Grande Valley FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their hybrid affiliation with the Dynamo, RGVFC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2019 Rio Open
The 2019 Rio Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the Rio Open, and formed part of the ATP Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between February 18th to 24th, 2019.


2019 Rio Open
There was a plan to move the tournament from the clay court surface in Jockey Club Brasileiro to the outdoor hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre, which hosted the tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics situated in Barra Olympic Park. The intention was to attract more world class players in the tournament such as Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray who consistently declined to play the event. Juan Martin del Potro once said to the Rio Open director Luiz Carvalho that he would play Rio Open when the surface changes.


2019 Rio Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2019 Rio Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Rio Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Rio Open – Doubles
David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco were the defending champions, but Verdasco chose not to defend the title and Marrero chose to compete in Marseille instead.


2019 Rio Open – Doubles
Máximo González and Nicolás Jarry won the title, defeating Thomaz Bellucci and Rogério Dutra Silva in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–7].


2019 Rio Open – Singles
Diego Schwartzman was the defending champion, but he retired in the first round against Pablo Cuevas.


2019 Rio Open – Singles
Laslo Đere won the title – the first of his career – defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the final, 6–3, 7–5. No seeded players reached the quarterfinals, and only one seed (João Sousa) won his first-round match.


2019 Riojan regional election
The 2019 Riojan regional election was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


2019 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Riojans abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The 33 members of the Parliament of La Rioja were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


2019 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Parliament of La Rioja expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Parliament were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, setting the election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 26 May 2019.


2019 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Parliament of La Rioja and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution.


2019 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2019 Riojan regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of La Rioja.


2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships
The  2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro and NPC Arizona Women's Extravaganza. It was held on September 6, 2019 to September 7, 2019 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.


2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships, 2019 Rising Phoenix World Championships Qualified, Points standings
1 In the event of a tie, the competitor with the best top five contest placings will be awarded the qualification. If both competitors have the same contest placings, than both will qualify for the Rising Phoenix World Championships.


2019 River Plate Montevideo season
River Plate took part in the Uruguayan Primera División, qualifying for 2020 Copa Sudamericana as Uruguay-3rd. At the same time, it has participated in 2019 Copa Sudamericana.


2019 River Plate Montevideo season, Squad, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 River Plate Montevideo season, Primera División, Apertura 2019, Matches
note: Schedule was suspended (on April 28th) due to an aggression which took place against the Uruguayan Referee Association (AUDAF, in Spanish) .


2019 River Plate Montevideo season, Primera División, Clausura 2019, Matches
note: Schedule was suspended (on September 27th) due to the death of youth player Agustín Martínez .


2019 River Plate Montevideo season, Primera División, Clausura 2019, Matches
note: Schedule was suspended (on December 1st) due to an aggression against the AUDAF president Marcelo De León .


2019 River Plate Montevideo season, 2019 Copa Sudamericana, First Stage
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, River Plate won on away goals and advanced to the second stage.


2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election
The Rivers State gubernatorial election took place on 9 March 2019, concurrently with various other Nigerian state level elections. A rerun of the vote was held in Abua–Odual, Ahoada West, Gokana and Opobo–Nkoro on 13 April. One-term incumbent Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike of the People's Democratic Party was eligible to run for re-election. He won in 2015 with 87.77% of the vote.


2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election
Vote counting after the elections was suspended after widespread violence in the state. On 3 April, the INEC declared that incumbent Wike won re-election, as the total number of voters in areas where elections were cancelled or did not hold was not enough to give his opponent victory.


2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Background
Ezenwo Nyesom Wike previously served as Minister of State for Education prior to becoming governor. He was also Chairman of the 2016 PDP National Convention Committee. Wike considered running for a second term as the state's chief executive, and 51 years old at the time of the election in 2019.


2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Background
There had been reports of a rift between members of the All Progressives Congress Dakuku Peterside and Ibim Semenitari. The state party chairman, Davies Ikanya has, however, denied this. In 2017, Transportation Minister Chibuike Amaechi got involved in a dispute with party members, after he declared billionaire businessman Tonye Cole as his choice for the All Progressives Congress nomination for governor.


2019 Rivers State gubernatorial election, Background
On 22 May 2017, Senate minority leader and former governor Godswill Akpabio announced that he would support a second term for Governor Wike in the Brick House. Former Senate President David Mark and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu also voiced their endorsement of the incumbent governor to run for reelection.


2019 Rizal local elections
Local elections will be held in the Province of Rizal on May 13, 2019 as part of the 2019 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the governor, vice-governor and representatives for the two districts of Rizal.


2019 Rizal local elections, Vice gubernatorial elections
Vice Governor Reynaldo San Juan, Jr. is running for reelection unopposed.


2019 Rizal local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Joel Duavit is not running for reelection, His brother Jack is the party's nominee.


2019 Rizal local elections, Congressional elections, Antipolo City, 1st District
Chiqui Roa-Puno is not running. Her husband, former Congressman Roberto Puno, will run in her stead and will be challenged by Macario Aggarao.


2019 Rizal local elections, Congressional elections, Antipolo City, 2nd District
Romeo Acop is term-limited as he has reached the maximum three-term limit for any elective official. His wife, Resureccion Acop, will run in his stead unopposed.


2019 Rizal local elections, Provincial Board elections
All 2 Districts of Rizal and all 2 districts of Antipolo will elect members of the Rizal Provincial Board.


2019 Rizal local elections, Provincial Board elections, Antipolo's 1st District
Rico De Guzman is not running. Roberto Puno's son, Andre Puno, will run instead.


2019 Rizal local elections, Provincial Board elections, Antipolo's 2nd District
Joel Huertas is term-limited and is running for councilor of the said district. Former councilor Alexander Marquez will run in his stead and will be challenged by Edelberto Coronado.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections
All municipalities and City of Antipolo in Rizal will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty and vice-mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections, 1st District, Angono
Mayor Gerry Calderon is term-limited and is running for vice mayor. His daughter Councilor Jeri Mae Calderon is his party's nominee.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections, 1st District, Angono
Vice Mayor Antonio Rubin is running for mayor. His party's nominee is former Brgy. Captain Joey Calderon and will run against his brother, incumbent Mayor Gerry Calderon.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections, 1st District, Cainta
Vice Mayor Sophia Velasco is running for mayor. Her party's nominee is Gary Estrada.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections, 1st District, Taytay
Vice Mayor Carlito Gonzaga is running for mayor. His party's nominee is Jan Victor Cabitac.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections, 2nd District, Rodriguez (Montalban)
Cecilio Hernandez is term-limited and is running for vice mayor.


2019 Rizal local elections, City and Municipality Elections, Antipolo City
Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III is not running. His wife Andrea is his party's nominee and is running unopposed


2019 RoPS season
The 2019 season was RoPS's 7th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012. RoPS finished the season in 10th position, reached the Quarterfinals of the Finnish Cup where they were knocked out by KPV and the First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League where they were beaten by Aberdeen.


2019 RoPS season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 RoPS season, Competitions, Veikkausliiga
The 2019 Veikkausliiga season begins on 3 April 2019 and ends on 3 November 2019.


2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America
The 2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 4, 2019, as the ninth round of the 2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the fifth round of the 2019 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.


2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America, Background
During this race weekend, IMSA holds their "State of the Series" annual press conference, in which they confirm and announce their future plans for the series they sanction.


2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America, Background, Changes in balance of performance constraints before the race
On July 24, 2019, IMSA released a technical bulletin regarding the Balance of Performance for the race. The GT Le Mans (GTLM) balance of performance constraints would remain the same as they were in the previous event at Lime Rock Park. In the Daytona Prototype International (DPi) class, after winning the previous two events of the championship, the Mazda RT24-P was hit with a two-liter fuel capacity reduction and a power reduction of 17 horsepower and restriction in higher-RPM turbo boost, as well as being made 20 kilograms heavier.


2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America, Background, Changes in balance of performance constraints before the race
The Cadillac DPi-V.R was also made 20 kilograms heavier, but it received a 0.6 millimeter increase in its restrictor diameter, as well as an increase of 11 horsepower and a fuel capacity increase of one liter. The Acura ARX-05 was made 10 kilograms heavier. In the GT Daytona class (GTD), the constraints of the McLaren 720S GT3 were once again drastically improved, with a 30 kilogram weight reduction and a power increase of eight horsepower, and turbo boost increase. The Ferrari 488 GT3 was given improvements in the same fields, albeit smaller, along with a one liter fuel capacity increase. After winning the 6 Hours of the Glen and finishing 2nd in the previous two championship-scoring rounds, The Acura NSX GT3 was made 20 kilograms heavier.


2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America, Background, Entries
On the same day as the Balance of Performance bulletin, the entry list for the event was released, featuring 35 cars. There were 10 entries in DPi, two in Le Mans Prototype (LMP2), eight cars in GTLM, and 15 cars in GTD. After suffering a heavy crash at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix, Cadillac DPi customer team Juncos Racing decided not to take part in the Road America event, for not having built a new chassis in time. They were initially intending to take part in the race.


2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America, Background, Entries
After missing the previous two events, GTD team Starworks Motorsport are set to return for Road America, with their regular drivers Ryan Dalziel and Parker Chase. Porsche junior drivers Matt Campbell and Dennis Olsen will appear for Pfaff Motorsports and Wright Motorsports, respectively, after driving for the opposite teams in Lime Rock Park. In GTLM, Corvette Racing regular driver Tommy Milner will make his return after being substituted by endurance-only driver Marcel Fässler in the previous two races.


2019 Road to Le Mans
The 4th Road to Le Mans Cup is an automobile endurance event that will take place on 13 and 15 June 2019, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. The race features LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective classes.


2019 Road to Le Mans, Qualifying
Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby
The 2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby was a series of races through which horses qualified for the 2019 Kentucky Derby, which was held on May 4, 2019. The field for the Derby is limited to 20 horses, with up to four 'also eligibles' in case of a late withdrawal from the field. There are three separate paths for horses to take to qualify for the Derby: the main Road consisting of races in North America (plus one in Dubai), the Japan Road consisting of four races in Japan, and a European Road consisting of seven races in England, Ireland and France.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby
The main Road to the Kentucky Derby gives points to the top four finishers in specified races. The 2019 season was supposed to remain the same as the 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby, consisting of 35 races broken down into 19 races for the Kentucky Derby Prep Season and 16 races for the Kentucky Derby Championship Season. Earnings in non-restricted stakes act as a tie breaker. However, the San Felipe Stakes was not run in 2019 due to difficulties with the track surface at Santa Anita Park in the wake of heavy winter rains, while the Rebel Stakes was run in two divisions with the posts adjusted to 37.5-15-7.5-3.75 for each division.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby
For 2019, some small changes were made from 2018 for the other series:


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Standings
The following table shows the points earned in the eligible races for the main series. Entries for the 2019 Kentucky Derby were taken on April 30. Omaha Beach was originally entered but was scratched on May 1 due to an entrapped epiglottis. Haikal subsequently scratched as well. As a result, Bodexpress drew into the race.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Standings
Country House, who qualified by finishing second in the Risen Star and third in the Arkansas Derby, was declared the winner after Maximum Security was disqualified for interference.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Prep season results
Note: 1st=10 points; 2nd=4 points; 3rd=2 points; 4th=1 point (except the Breeders' Cup Juvenile: 1st=20 points; 2nd=8 points; 3rd=4 points; 4th=2 point)


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Championship series results, First leg of series
Note: 1st=50 points; 2nd=20 points; 3rd=10 points; 4th=5 points except for the Rebel StakesRebel Stakes (both divisions) 1st=37.5 points; 2nd=15 points; 3rd=7.5 points; 4th=3.75 points


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Main Road to the Kentucky Derby, Championship series results, Second leg of series
These races are the major preps for the Kentucky Derby, and are thus weighted more heavily. Note: 1st=100 points; 2nd=40 points; 3rd=20 points; 4th=10 points


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby
The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby is intended to provide a place in the Derby starting gate to the top finisher in the series. If the connections of that horse decline the invitation, their place is offered to the second-place finisher and so on through the top four finishers. If none of the top four accept, this place in the starting gate reverts to the horses on the main road to the Derby.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby
In 2019, the top three finishers in the Japan Road declined the invitation as they had not been nominated to the Derby. The connections of the fourth-place finisher, Master Fencer, decided to accept the offer, marking the first time that a Japanese-bred horse will enter the Derby.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Qualification table
The top four horses (colored brown within the standings) are eligible to participate in the Kentucky Derby provided the horse is nominated.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, Events
Notes: Cattleya Sho:  1st=10 points; 2nd=4 points; 3rd=2 points; 4th=1 pointZen-Nippon Nisai Yushun:  1st=20 points; 2nd=8 points; 3rd=4 points; 4th=2 pointsHyacinth: 1st=30 points; 2nd=12 points; 3rd=6 points; 4th=3 pointsFukuryu : 1st=40 points; 2nd=16 points; 3rd=8 points; 4th=4 points


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, European Road to the Kentucky Derby
The European Road to the Kentucky Derby is designed on a similar basis to the Japan Road and is intended to provide a place in the Derby starting gate to the top finisher in the series. If the connections of that horse decline the invitation, their place is offered to the second-place finisher and so on. If none of the top four accept, this place in the starting gate reverts to the horses on the main road to the Derby.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, European Road to the Kentucky Derby
The series consists of seven races – four run on the turf in late 2018 when the horses are age two, plus three races run on a synthetic surface in early 2018.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Derby, European Road to the Kentucky Derby, Qualification Table
The top four horses (colored brown within the standings) were eligible to participate in the Kentucky Derby provided the horse is nominated. However, none of the connections accepted the invitation, so this position in the starting gate reverted to horses on the main Road.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
The 2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks is a points system by which Thoroughbred fillies will qualify for the 2019 Kentucky Oaks, to be held on May 3. The field for the Kentucky Oaks, the filly equivalent of the Kentucky Derby, is limited to fourteen horses, with up to four "also eligible" horses in case of a late withdrawal from the field. The 29 races in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks will be held from September 2018 (when the fillies are age two) through April 2019 (when they have turned three). The top four finishers in the specified races earn points, with the highest point values awarded in the major preparatory races held in late March or early April. Earnings in non-restricted stakes act as a tie breaker.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Fillies who instead wish to enter the Kentucky Derby have to earn the necessary points in the races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby: points earned on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks are not transferable. However if a filly does earn qualifying points for the Derby by racing in open company, those points also count towards qualifying for the Oaks.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
The Delta Princess Stakes, which was previously the 31st race in the series, had the 2017 running cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. It will not be part of the 2019 series.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
The Santa Ysabel Stakes, which had previously been on the schedule, had the 2019 running cancelled in the aftermath of Santa Anita Park being closed as a result of an investigation into 22 equine fatalities at the track.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Standings
The following table shows the points earned in the eligible races. Entries were taken on April 29. Bellafina was the leading points earner after winning the Santa Anita Oaks and went off as the heavy favorite. However, she was upset by Serengeti Empress, who had qualified by winning the Pocahontas and Rachel Alexandra Stakes.


2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Race results
The dates for some races shown below are based on the placement in the racing calendar from 2017/2018. Similarly, the purses shown for upcoming races are based on the amounts from the previous year and will be updated when finalized.


2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team
The 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team will represent Robert Morris University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by second-year head coach Bernard Clark and play their home games at Joe Walton Stadium. They are a member of the Northeast Conference.


2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Previous season
The Colonials finished the 2018 season 2–9, 0–6 in NEC play to finish in last place.


2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Colonials were picked to finish in seventh place.


2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team, Preseason, Preseason All-NEC team
The Colonials had one player selected to the preseason all-NEC team.


2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.


2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections and other changes
Councillor Alan McCarthy (elected 2018 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) defected from Labour to the Brexit Party on 4 July 2019. Joined Conservative Party June 2021


2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections and other changes
Councillor Jacqui Beswick (elected 2019 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) resigned from the Labour party on 4 July 2019 to sit as an independent. Joined Conservative Party June 2021


2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections and other changes
Councillor Kath Nickson (elected 2018 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Brexit Party on 10 July 2019. Now sits as Conservative


2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, By-elections and other changes
Former council leader Richard Farnell (elected 2016 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) resigned from the Labour Party on 18 July 2019 to sit as an independent. He had been suspended since April 2018 after a national child abuse inquiry found he lied under oath. In a statement he said he had "no confidence" he would receive a fair disciplinary hearing and could "no longer support a party led by Jeremy Corbyn".


2019 Rochester Knighthawks season
The Rochester Knighthawks were a lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York, that played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019 season was the 25th and final in franchise history. The roster and personnel were moved to Halifax for the 2020 season to form the Halifax Thunderbirds, while Pegula Sports and Entertainment took over  an expansion franchise in Rochester, retaining the team's intellectual property.


2019 Rochester Knighthawks season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2019 Rochester Knighthawks season, Roster, Entry Draft
The 2018 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 25, 2018. The Knighthawks made the following selections:


2019 Rochford District Council election
The 2019 Rochford District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Rock Cup
The 2019 Gibtelecom Rock Cup was a single-leg knockout tournament contested by clubs from Gibraltar. There were seventeen clubs participating in the cup this season. The final was played on 26 May 2019. The winner of the competition qualified to compete in the 2019–20 Europa League.


2019 Rock Cup
Europa were the defending champions after defeating Mons Calpe by a score of 2–1 in the previous season's final.


2019 Rock Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was held on 29 November 2018. One first round match was played and all remaining clubs received a bye to the second round.


2019 Rock Cup, Second round
The draw for the second round took place on 23 January 2019. The ties were played between 6 and 10 February 2019. A total of 16 clubs played in this round; the winner of the first round, the remaining five teams from the Second Division and all ten teams from the Premier Division.


2019 Rock Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 15 February 2019. Two Second Division sides, Bruno's Magpies and Olympique 13, remained in the tournament. Ties were played on 12 and 13 March 2019.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season
Roger Federer began the 2019 tennis season on 30 December 2018, with the start of the Hopman Cup. His season ended on 16 November 2019, with a loss in the semifinals of the ATP Finals. Despite failing to defend his title at the Australian Open, Federer was able to maintain his ranking of World No. 3 by the end of the year.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Hopman Cup
As in the past two seasons, Roger Federer paired with Belinda Bencic at the Hopman Cup, representing Switzerland. Federer defeated Cameron Norrie from Great Britain, Frances Tiafoe from the United States and Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, all in straight sets, to help Switzerland advance to the final. The tie against the United States was remarkable for staging the first-ever meeting between Federer and Serena Williams, considered one of the best female tennis players of all time, in a mixed doubles match alongside Bencic and Tiafoe.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Hopman Cup
With Federer defeating Alexander Zverev in straight sets, and like in the previous year, they defeated Germany 2–1 in the final to clinch Federer's third and Switzerland's fourth Hopman Cup title overall. The mixed doubles title match was decided in the final point, with Bencic forcing an error from Zverev to help Switzerland win the match and the tournament.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
As the two-time defending champion, Federer entered the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open, as the No. 3 seed. His first match was a straight-sets victory over Denis Istomin, followed by another one against Daniel Evans. In the third round he defeated Taylor Fritz, again in straight sets, but was upset by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round, losing in four tight sets.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
Being the defending champion and as a result of losing in the fourth round, he dropped out of the Top 5 in the ATP Rankings. In a post-tournament interview, he admitted that he planned to play the clay court season in 2019, after two years of skipping it.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Dubai Tennis Championships
After skipping the tournament in 2018, Federer returned to Dubai to play the Dubai Tennis Championships. Having dropped to No. 7 in the world two weeks before, he was the tournament's No. 2 seed. In the first two rounds, he defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber and Fernando Verdasco in three sets, advancing to a quarterfinal match against Márton Fucsovics. Federer defeated Fucsovics in straight sets, booking his place in the semifinals to face the 22-year-old and No. 6 seed Borna Ćorić.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Dubai Tennis Championships
He defeated Ćorić, also in straight sets, to set a final against another youngster, Stefanos Tsitsipas, in a rematch from their Australian Open encounter in January – which Federer lost. By defeating Tsitsipas in straight sets, Federer won the tournament and made history by becoming the second male tennis player in history to reach 100 singles titles. With his victory, he returned to No. 4 in the ATP Rankings.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters
Fresh off his victory in Dubai, Federer began his participation in the Indian Wells Masters by defeating Peter Gojowczyk in straight sets on the second round, after getting a first round bye. He then defeated his fellow countryman Stan Wawrinka in dominant fashion, also in straight sets, to book his first ever meeting with Kyle Edmund in the fourth round. He defeated Edmund in straight sets to secure a place in the quarterfinals, setting up another first ever encounter with Hubert Hurkacz.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters
Federer defeated Hurkacz, again in two sets, to set a blockbuster semifinal with Rafael Nadal, which would have been the thirty-ninth meeting in their famous rivalry. However, Nadal was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a knee injury sustained in his last match – and therefore, Federer reached a record-breaking ninth tournament final. In the final, he was defeated by the No. 7 seed Dominic Thiem in a three-set match.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Miami Open
Federer next played in the Miami Open as the No. 4 seed, following the withdrawal of Rafael Nadal. This was the first edition of the tournament following the location change from Key Biscayne to the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. After the usual first round bye, he defeated Radu Albot, Filip Krajinović and the No. 13 seed Daniil Medvedev in succession to advance to a quarterfinal match with the No. 6 seed Kevin Anderson. With a bagel in the first set, he defeated Anderson in straight sets.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Miami Open
This was Federer's 1200th match win in his professional career, setting up a semifinal against the 19-year-old Denis Shapovalov – a first time encounter between the two. Federer ended up easily defeating Shapovalov to reach his third final of the season. He also became the first player to reach 50 Masters 1000 tournament finals, breaking the tie with Rafael Nadal. In the final, he defeated John Isner in straight sets to win the 28th Masters 1000 title of his career.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Madrid Open
For the first time in three years, Roger Federer committed to play the spring clay court season. His first tournament was the Madrid Open, a Masters 1000 tournament, which he played as the No. 4 seed. In his first clay court match since 2016, and after a first round bye, he defeated Richard Gasquet in straight sets – on the twentieth meeting between the two – in under an hour of play. In the third round, he defeated Gaël Monfils in three sets, with the final set decided in a tiebreak after saving two match points. Therefore, he reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to  Dominic Thiem in three sets – this time squandering two match points himself in the second set tiebreak.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Italian Open
Following the loss at the Madrid Open, Federer confirmed his presence at the Italian Open on the week after. After a first round bye, and due to a rain delay on the day before, Federer defeated João Sousa – in straight sets – and Borna Ćorić – in a third set tiebreak, saving once again two match points – on the same day, in the second and third rounds, respectively, to qualify for the quarterfinals. However, he was forced to withdrew before the match against Stefanos Tsitsipas due to a right leg injury.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
For the first time in four years, Federer played the season's second and only clay court major, the French Open. He entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed and made a successful return by defeating Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets. He advanced to the quarterfinals without losing a set, defeating lucky loser Oscar Otte, 20-year-old Casper Ruud, and Leonardo Mayer, to set up an encounter with compatriot and 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, who defeated him the last time he entered the tournament. After four tight sets, Federer defeated Wawrinka to set up a semifinal clash with Rafael Nadal, resuming their storied rivalry at the French Open for the sixth time. Federer ended up losing in straight sets to Nadal, ending his French Open run in the semifinals.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Halle Open
Federer opened his grass court season at the Halle Open, where he was a nine-time tournament winner, as the No. 1 seed. In the first round he defeated John Millman, who defeated him in the fourth round of last year's US Open. He then survived consecutive three-set battles against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Roberto Bautista Agut to advance to a fifteenth semifinal in Halle. There, he easily defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert to reach a record-extending thirteenth final, where he bested David Goffin in straight sets to capture a record-extending tenth Halle title and No. 102 overall.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Due to his victory in Halle, Federer advanced to Wimbledon – the third Grand Slam of the season – as the No. 2 seed. He started the tournament with a four-set victory over Lloyd Harris. In the next three rounds, he defeated Jay Clarke, No. 27 seed Lucas Pouille and No. 17 seed Matteo Berrettini, without losing a set. In a quarterfinal clash with the world No. 7 Kei Nishikori, Federer won in four sets, advancing to his thirteenth Wimbledon semifinal and becoming the first man in history to win 100 matches at a Grand Slam tournament.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Eleven years after their epic 2008 final, he defeated his rival Rafael Nadal in the semifinals after four sets. It was the fortieth encounter in their rivalry. Federer then faced Novak Djokovic in the final, against whom he lost in a five set thriller lasting four hours and fifty seven minutes, despite having two championship points on serve in the fifth set. The match also marked the first time that a fifth set tiebreaker was played at 12–12 in a singles match and was the longest men's final in Wimbledon history.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Cincinnati Masters
Federer made his first appearance since the Wimbledon final at the Cincinnati Masters, the season's seventh Masters 1000 tournament, as the No. 3 seed, after withdrawing from the Canadian Open played the week before. After a first round bye, he defeated Juan Ignacio Londero, in the second round, on his opening match. In the third round, however, he lost in straight sets to Andrey Rublev.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
Federer moved on to New York City to play the US Open, the season's last Grand Slam, as the No. 3 seed. He opened his participation with a four-set win against qualifier Sumit Nagal, booking a second round encounter with Damir Džumhur. With this first round win, he qualified for a record-extending seventeenth ATP Finals. Despite losing the first set again, he defeated Džumhur in four sets. Then, Federer easily defeated Daniel Evans in the third round and David Goffin in the fourth round, both in straight sets, in 80 and 79 minutes, respectively, to advance to the quarterfinals. This marked the thirteenth time that Federer has reached the quarterfinal stage at the US Open, tying Andre Agassi and only trailing Jimmy Connors' seventeen times. He lost to Grigor Dimitrov in a five-setter, despite having taken a two-sets-to-one lead.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, Asian swing, Shanghai Masters
Federer's return to the ATP Tour level tournaments happened in Shanghai, for the Shanghai Masters. He was the No. 2 seed and therefore had a bye in the first round. In the second and third rounds, he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas and David Goffin, both in straight sets, to advance to a quarterfinal meeting against Alexander Zverev. Despite having saved five match points in the second set, he ended up losing in three sets to Zverev.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Swiss Indoors
Federer advanced to his hometown tournament, the Swiss Indoors, as the two-time defending champion. His first round match, against Peter Gojowczyk, is remarkable for being the 1500th match of his career. He easily defeated Gojowczyk, in the first round, and Radu Albot, in the second round, both in straight sets, to reach a quarterfinal match against Stan Wawrinka. However, due to a back injury, Wawrinka was forced to withdraw from the match – and therefore, Federer advanced to the semifinals.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Swiss Indoors
In the semifinals, he defeated the world No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets, earning his fiftieth win of the season and successfully advancing to the tournament final. In the final, he defeated Alex de Minaur in straight sets to win a record-extending tenth Swiss Indoors title without dropping a set.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
In the following week, Federer was scheduled to play the last Masters 1000 tournament of the season, the Paris Masters. However, he had to withdrew from the tournament to manage his schedule and to prepare for the ATP Finals.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP Finals
The last official tournament of the season, for Federer, was the ATP Finals in London. As the No. 3 seed, he was drawn in the group Björn Borg along with Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini. His first match was a straight-set loss to Thiem, followed by a victory in straight sets against Berretini to keep him alive in the group standings. His last group match was a straight-set win against Djokovic, his first victory against him since the 2015 edition of the tournament. Therefore, he finished the group in second place and advanced to the semifinals. There, he lost in straight sets to Stefanos Tsitsipas, in the match that officially ended his season.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Roger Federer in 2019, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins.


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups, ATP and Grand Slam sanctioned matches
Roger Federer has a 53–10 (84.1%) ATP match win-loss record in the 2019 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is 7–7 (50.0%). Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:


2019 Roger Federer tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups, ITF sanctioned matches
His official ITF sanctioned season record for 2019 is 57–10 (85.1%). While these are official sanctioned matches per the ITF, the ATP does not count them in their totals. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The extra ITF matches are as follows:


2019 Rogers Cup
The 2019 Rogers Cup were outdoor hard court tennis tournaments played from August 5–11, 2019, as part of the 2019 US Open Series. It was the 139th edition of the men's Canadian Open, a Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP Tour at IGA Stadium in Montreal, and the 128th edition of the women's tournament, a Premier 5 event of the 2019 WTA Tour played at Aviva Centre in Toronto.


2019 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of July 29, 2019. Rankings and points before are as of August 5, 2019.


2019 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2019 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2019 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2019 Rogers Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2019 Rogers Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Rogers Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2019 Rogers Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2019 Rogers Cup, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.


2019 Rogers Cup – Men's Doubles
Granollers and Zeballos went on to win the title, defeating Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2019 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles
Defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final, 6–3, 6–0, to win the Men's Singles title at the 2019 Canadian Open. This was the first time Nadal defended a hardcourt title.


2019 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2019 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles
Ashleigh Barty and Demi Schuurs are the defending champions but they chose not to participate together. Barty played alongside Victoria Azarenka, but lost in the semifinals to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles
Krejčíková and Siniaková went on to win the title, defeating Schuurs and Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the final, 7–5, 6–0.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received byes into the second round.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but she retired in the quarterfinals against Marie Bouzková.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles
Bianca Andreescu won the title after Serena Williams retired in the final due to back spasms, with the scoreline at 3–1. Andreescu became the first Canadian to win the event since Faye Urban won the title in 1969.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles
Naomi Osaka regained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after Ashleigh Barty lost in the second round and Karolína Plíšková lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Andreescu.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters
The 2019 Rolex Paris Masters was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the tournament, and a Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, between 28 October and 3 November 2019.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 21 October 2019. Rankings and points before are as of 28 October 2019. Points defending include points from the 2018 ATP Finals, which will be dropped at the end of the tournament.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Rolex Paris Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles
Marcel Granollers and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions,  but chose to compete with different partners. Granollers played alongside Horacio Zeballos, but lost in the second round to Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski. Ram teamed up with Joe Salisbury, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters – Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the title, defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated Denis Shapovalov in the final, 6–3, 6–4, to win the Singles title at the 2019 Paris Masters. It was his record  fifth title at the Paris Masters, and he did not drop a set during the tournament.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Karen Khachanov was the defending champion, but lost to Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles
Rafael Nadal replaced Djokovic as the ATP no. 1 singles player at the end of the tournament.


2019 Rolex Paris Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters
The 2019 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 6 to 13, 2019.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following were the seeded players. Seedings were based on ATP rankings as of September 30, 2019. Rankings and points before are as of October 7, 2019.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but lost to Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares in the final, 4–6, 2–6.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles
Daniil Medvedev won the title without dropping a set, defeating Alexander Zverev in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles
This was the first time since the 1999 ATP German Open that all four semifinalists in an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event were under the age of 24.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Roller Hockey African Championship
The 2019 Roller Hockey African Championship was the first edition of this tournament, played in Angola between 8 and 10 March 2019.


2019 Roller Hockey African Championship
This tournament was played independently served as qualifier for the 2019 Roller Hockey World Cup, by giving only one place to the World Cup and two more for the Intercontinental Cup, second tier.


2019 Roller Hockey African Championship
Angola conquered the first edition, contested by only three teams due to the refusal of South Africa.


2019 Roller Hockey World Cup
The 2019 Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 44th edition of the Roller Hockey World Cup, organised by World Skate. The tournament was held in Spain, in the city of Barcelona, as part of the 2019 World Roller Games.


2019 Roller Hockey World Cup, Competition format
Teams qualified to the three cups by their continental tournaments. Finally, eight teams composed the World Championship (first tier) and the Intercontinental Championship (second tier), while twelve teams composed the Challenger's Championship.


2019 Roller Hockey World Cup, Competition format
Teams were divided into groups of four teams for composing the group stage. The two last qualified teams of the World Championship and the two group winners of the Intercontinental Championship faced in a playoff where the two winners played the knockout stage of the World Cup. This playoff was played between the two best group winners of the Challenger's Cup and the two last qualified teams of the Intercontinental Championship.


2019 Romanian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Romania on 10 November 2019, with a second round held on 24 November 2019. Incumbent President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, first elected in 2014, was eligible for re-election. He defeated Viorica Dăncilă in the second round of the election, receiving 66 percent of the vote – the second-highest vote share on record after Ion Iliescu (who received 85% of the vote in 1990).


2019 Romanian presidential election, Background
Klaus Iohannis  won the last presidential election in 2014 and was sworn in for his first term on 21 December 2014. According to the Article 83 of the Constitution of Romania, the "term of office of the President of Romania is five years, being exercised from the date the oath was taken,"  but only for up to two terms. In June 2018, incumbent president Iohannis publicly announced his intention of running for a second term as president. The electoral calendar for the presidential elections was set by the Romanian Government.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Background
The final results for the first round were publicly announced by Central Electoral Bureau and Permanent Electoral Authority on 14 November 2019. The results were forwarded to the Constitutional Court of Romania that validated the results on 15 November 2019. After the Constitutional Court's validation, the results were sent for publication to the Official Journal of Romania (Monitorul Oficial al României). Only after the publication by the Official Journal, the results for the first round of the elections became official.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Background
The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) forwarded the final results for the second round to the Constitutional Court of Romania for validation on 28 November 2019, on the last day of the settled electoral calendar. The Constitutional Court of Romania validated the results in the same day.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, National Liberal Party
President Klaus Iohannis was eligible for re-election. His candidacy in the 2014 elections was supported by the National Liberal Party (PNL), whose President he was at that time. Upon taking office as president, Iohannis suspended his PNL membership, as the Constitution does not allow the president to be a formal member of a political party during his term. Ludovic Orban, the president of the PNL, reconfirmed the party's support for Iohannis after the elections. On 11 March 2018, the National Council of PNL formally endorsed Klaus Iohannis for a new term as president.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Social Democratic Party
Liviu Pleșoianu, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest since 2016 for the Social Democratic Party (PSD), declared his candidacy on 23 July 2017. Liviu Dragnea, President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2016,and Gabriela Firea, Mayor of Bucharest since 2016, are thought to be other potential PSD candidates. However, both have refuted these media speculations, Firea stating she wants to finish her term as mayor, while Liviu Dragnea rejected the idea and stated he and the PSD concentrate on the governing program and the parliamentary agenda, as Dragnea is President of the Chamber of Deputies. After being convicted on corruption charges on 27 May 2019, Dragnea became ineligible to run for president.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Save Romania Union and PLUS Alliance
Nicușor Dan, a former President of the Save Romania Union (USR), the third largest political party in the country, believed that the party should run its own candidate for the elections. Dan Barna, the new President of the USR, stated in an interview with Adevărul that the USR would have a presidential candidate, decided by a vote within the party. Barna also said that "Dacian Cioloș may be an option, like any well-known person".


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Save Romania Union and PLUS Alliance
Former Minister of Labor in Cioloș Government, Dragoș Pîslaru, who is among the founders of the new party of former Prime Minister, the PLUS+, said the party was ready for a possible candidacy for the presidency of leader Dacian Cioloș. He also stressed that a candidacy of President Iohannis for a new term would not exclude a candidacy of Dacian Cioloș. On 8 June 2018, Cioloș said he would not run against Klaus Iohannis. However he subsequently stated that he would assume any responsibility that his recently founded political party (PLUS) would bestow upon him, not excluding the presidency.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Save Romania Union and PLUS Alliance
In the aftermath of the results of the 2019 European Parliament elections, USR and PLUS decided to keep the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance for the presidential elections, and nominated Dan Barna as joint candidate.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Other parties
Many voices inside ALDE suggested that Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, the party leader and President of the Senate, should be the proposal of the PSD–ALDE coalition for the upcoming election and asked for PSD support in this regard. Tăriceanu himself considered that the best option for the presidential election is a PSD–ALDE joint candidacy. On 24 July 2019, ALDE announced that Tăriceanu would run for president on its ticket.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Other parties
In a press conference on 26 October 2017, Victor Ponta, a former Prime Minister and runner-up in the 2014 elections, claimed that his newly established party, Pro Romania, would nominate a candidate in the elections, but denied that he would run for the presidency again.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Other parties
On 25 August 2019 Theodor Paleologu was designated candidate of the People's Movement Party (PMP).


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Other parties
On 7 July 2019 Ramona Ioana Bruynseels launched her candidacy. The announcement was met with surprise and intrigue from political commentators. Bruynseels has set her platform on taking on the broken political system in Romania that she argues is working against the interests of citizens. Bruynseels is a centrist politician and the candidate of the Humanist Power Party. In the time of these elections, the party was controlled from behind the scenes by Romanian mogul and Securitate collaborator Dan Voiculescu.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Candidates qualified for the second round
On 28 November 2019, The Romanian Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) forwarded the final results to the Constitutional Court of Romania, which validated the results in the same day.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Candidates that competed only in the first round
For all these candidates, the competition ended on 15 November 2019, when the Constitutional Court of Romania validated the results of the first round (only the first two placed competitors were qualified for the second round).


2019 Romanian presidential election, Candidates, Declined to be candidates
These individuals have been the subject of speculation, but have publicly denied or recanted interest in running for president.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign
The electoral campaign for the first round started on 12 October 2019, 0:00 EET and ended on 9 November 2019, 7:00 EET. The electoral campaign for the second round started on 15 November 2019, 0:00 EET (several hours before the first round results were validated by the Constitutional Court of Romania) and ended on 23 November 2019, 7:00 EET. According to Romanian law, both campaigns must end at least 24 hours before the official poll openings.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
The candidate Dan Barna did not comply with the legal requirements regarding the mention of a candidate's first-degree relatives income, in the public declaration of assets (document required in a candidate's file, while registering at the Electoral Board). He stated that his wife income - who was at the time employed at Petrom - was "classified". Soon after the story sparked, he declassified his wife's annual income and changed his assets statement.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
According to a media investigation, Dan Barna was allegedly involved in a financial scheme during his entrepreneurship time. He rejected the allegations.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
Media released recordings of conversations that the candidate Ramona Bruynseels had with her staff, regarding allegedly dubious acts committed with her campaign funds by Dan Voiculescu, the informal leader of the party that supports her candidacy.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
The candidate Ninel Peia was reported missing, during the night of 6–7 November 2019. He was seen leaving the hotel he was lodging in Cluj-Napoca, at 1:17 am, and did not return. The following morning, he was found at Putna Monastery, 195 km away, stating that he went there "to pray".


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
The candidate Viorel Cataramă was reported as a former informer of the infamous Securitate (Communist Romania's intelligence service). He rejected the allegations.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
Alexandru Cumpănașu was accused of either forging his BA degree or lying about being a university graduate. He failed to show a Bachelor's degree, while stating that he was a university graduate, without mentioning a university or faculty. He publicly showed an honorary diploma issued by a controversial university of Ukraine, but failed to prove his claimed status of a university graduate. Later on, he mentioned in the documents filed at the Electoral Bureau that he only graduated high-school and did not pursued any university studies. Asked to clear his lack of university studies required for a Master's degree or a Doctor degree, he stated "In my opinion, I pursued university studies".


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
A radio anchor that hosted a live debate warned the candidate Alexandru Cumpănașu to tone down his language, or else he would be facing exclusion from the debate.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
In an electoral show broadcast live by the Romanian public TV station TVR1, Alexandru Cumpănașu showed his skills of gun handling, by firing at sitting balloons. Later, he stated that the submachine gun he used "was a toy-gun".


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Controversies
For the first time in the history of democratic elections in Romania, the first two contenders did not participate in any electoral debate organised between them or together with other candidates.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Campaign financing
This is an overview of the money raised by each candidate, as it was reported to the Permanent Electoral Authority. Total raised are the sum of all contributions (private and public).


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Campaign financing, First round
For the first round, the candidates raised a total of 70,258,904.02 lei. Only the candidates that achieved at least 3% of the votes were entitled to be compensated for their private fundings from the state budget. According to Romanian law, the candidates that achieved less than 3% (highlighted in red, in the table below) are not entitled to public compensations. One candidate, Sebastian Popescu, claimed in his financial filing that he and his team did not spend any funds, saying that he used only the online environment for his campaign and no paid ads.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Campaign, Campaign financing, Second round
For the second round, the two remaining candidates raised a total of 1,956,000 lei.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Debates
In order for a debate to be counted, there must be at least two candidates present.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Debates
Situation such as: one candidate with one or multiple interviewers; one candidate with a representative (or more) of other candidate(s); only representatives of candidates (no matter how many candidates were represented); one candidate debating a previously recorded video of other candidate(s); short live statements of a candidate (via telephone or video streaming) inserted during a show with only one (other) candidate; short coincidental encounters of candidates (in a non-previously organized debate) that spoke to each other (and were recorded, even on professional cameras in TV studios) are not to be considered proper debates. Any debate must be publicly broadcast. Negotiations behind closed doors, "strategic meetings" among candidates or any other type of discreet talks are not proper debates, even if their content (or bits of it) was released to the public, even if the candidates approved its release.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Debates
Debates may be broadcast on radio, television or internet. Candidates may show up in person or participate to the debate via telephone or video streaming for the entire debate time. Candidates that left the debate before 10% of the debate time elapsed (after few words or few minutes) are to be considered as absentees and their leaving noted as such. In this particular situation (if will occur), the debate is considered a valid one, because at least two candidates were present at its beginning. Candidates that left before the debate's ending are considered present, with their particular situation noted as such.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Debates, Participation
The following is a table of participating candidates in each debate:


2019 Romanian presidential election, Debates, Participation
P  Present  N  Not invited/Invitation declined A  Absent (Invitation accepted, but candidate failed to show up)


2019 Romanian presidential election, Results
The first round of voting was held on 10 November 2019. Incumbent president Klaus Iohannis, of the ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) led the field with 37.8 percent, with former prime-minister Viorica Dăncilă, of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) finishing second with 22.26 percent. Because no candidate obtained the support of more than 50% of registered voters, the second round was held two weeks later, on 24 November 2019, between Ioannis and Dăncilă. Exit polls on election night showed Iohannis winning handily. He ultimately finished with 66.09 percent of the vote, the second-highest vote share for a winning presidential candidate in direct elections.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Results
Dan Barna openly endorsed Klaus Iohannis in the second round. Theodor Paleologu (lightgreen) positioned himself as against Viorica Dăncilă, without openly endorsing Klaus Iohannis (his party, PMP, openly endorsed Klaus Iohannis). Kelemen Hunor (green) openly endorsed Klaus Iohannis in the second round (his organization, UDMR, position itself as non-partisan). Alexandru Cumpănașu (small red stripe) positioned himself against Viorica Dăncilă, without openly endorsing Klaus Iohannis.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Opinion polls, First round, Graphical summary
The following graph depicts the evolution of the standing of each candidate in the poll aggregators since December 2018. The last value is the exit-polls average.


2019 Romanian presidential election, Opinion polls, First round, Graphical summary
The following graph depicts the evolution of the standing of each present candidate, including former party candidates and alliance candidates since December 2018. Klaus Iohannis includes Ludovic Orban's previous evolution, Viorica Dăncilă includes Liviu Dragnea's previous evolution with Eugen Teodorovici's and Gabriela Firea's previous support, Theodor Paleologu includes Eugen Tomac's previous evolution, Dan Barna's evolution is aggregated with Dacian Cioloș' evolution and Mircea Diaconu's evolution is aggregated with Victor Ponta's, Corina Crețu's and Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu's added evolution. The last value is the exit-polls average.


2019 Romanian presidential election, External link
Media related to Romanian presidential elections, 2019 at Wikimedia Commons


2019 Romanian referendum
A consultative referendum took place in Romania on 26 May 2019, on the same day as the European Parliament elections, about whether to prohibit amnesties and pardons for corruption offences, as well as whether to prohibit the Government from passing emergency ordinances concerning the judiciary and to extend the right to appeal against them to the Constitutional Court. Both proposals were approved by wide margins.


2019 Romanian referendum, Background
President Klaus Iohannis signed the decree to hold the referendum on 25 April 2019, after the Parliament had recommended in favour of this referendum in a non-binding vote on 17 April. The first proposal for this referendum to be held was made in early 2017, in the wake of the controversial Ordinance 13 and subsequent protests against corruption in Romania, and President Iohannis announced his intention to hold a referendum on 23 January 2019. However, the procedure was suspended until 2019, when Iohannis decided to extend the issues to be voted on, requiring a new parliamentary procedure.


2019 Romanian referendum, Background
On 4 April, Iohannis announced the issues of the referendum: prohibiting amnesties and pardons for corruption offences, as well as prohibiting the government from adopting emergency ordinances in the field of offences, punishments and judicial organisation and giving other constitutional authorities the right to submit the ordinances to the Constitutional Court for further review.


2019 Romanian referendum, Background
Before the parliamentary vote, President Klaus Iohannis sent a letter to leaders of parliamentary parties in order to invite them to a consultation on the referendum, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats being the only party to decline the invitation. Eugen Tomac, the leader of the People's Movement Party, proposed an additional question for the referendum on one out of three issues suggested by his party: abolishing special pensions, returning to a two-round system for local elections and lowering the number of MPs to 300.


2019 Romanian referendum, Background
On 16 April 2019, the common judiciary committees of the two chambers of the Parliament approved the referendum, the Parliament did so the next day in a non-binding vote. PNL and USR accused the PSD of introducing multiple recommendations that had not been discussed in the judiciary committees. Even though the opposition requested the elimination of these recommendations, government MPs disagreed, thus the report was adopted with 259 votes in favour, 9 votes against and 1 abstention.


2019 Romanian referendum, Background
It is shown, among others, in the report, that amnesties and pardons cannot be a citizens' initiative according to the Constitution, and that the President cannot trigger a legislative referendum according to a Constitutional Court ruling. However, the recommendations were eliminated following another parliamentary vote, that passed with 218 votes in favour, 11 votes against and 3 abstentions.


2019 Romanian referendum, Background
On 25 April, the spokesperson of the Romanian Presidency, Mădălina Dobrovolschi, announced that President Klaus Iohannis had signed the decree for the referendum and published the two questions to be voted on.


2019 Romanian referendum, Support and opposition
In an interview for Antena 3, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Liviu Dragnea, stated that even though his party agrees with the referendum, there are many voices that say that the referendum is actually useless for the publicly expressed purpose and that it actually is a way for Klaus Iohannis to get involved in the electoral campaign so that he can help parties around him. A similar position was shown by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, the junior partner in the coalition government, that announced its stance in a message on Facebook.


2019 Romanian referendum, Results
In order for the results to be valid, voter turnout was required to be above 30%, and the number of valid votes above 25% of the registered voters. Both thresholds were passed, validating the results.


2019 Rome ePrix
The 2019 Rome ePrix (formally the 2019 GEOX Rome E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 13 April 2019. It was the seventh round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the second running of the event. The 29-lap race was won by Jaguar driver Mitch Evans from a second position start. Andre Lotterer finished second for Techeetah and HWA Racelab driver Stoffel Vandoorne came third.


2019 Rome ePrix
Andre Lotterer of DS Techeetah won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained his start line advantage heading into the first corner. He kept the lead until he was overtaken by Evans on the 18th lap. That allowed Evans into the lead. Despite being challenged by Lotterer, Evans takes his first victory of his career and for the Jaguar team.


2019 Rome ePrix, Report, Background
Coming into the race from Sanya three weeks earlier, BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa was in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 62 points and was only 1 point ahead of Jérôme d'Ambrosio of Mahindra in second. DS Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne was a further seven points behind in third and Sam Bird of Virgin Racing placed fourth on tie with Vergne. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi rounded out the top five with 52 points scored. In the Teams' Championship, Virgin Racing were leading with 97 points; tie on points with Mahindra behind in second position. Audi in third with a point behind, and DS Techeetah were 2 points behind in forth. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 80 points.


2019 Rome ePrix, Report, Qualifying
During qualifying, Andre Lotterer took his first pole position of the season with Mitch Evens placed at second place and Lopez finishing in third place


2019 Rome ePrix, Report, Race
At the start, Lopez caused a huge pileup at the back causing the race to be stopped. The race was restarted behind the safety car, but drivers struggled to maintain control of their cars. At the last lap, Mitch Evans won the race with Andre Lotterer finishing second


2019 Ronde van Drenthe
The 13th edition of the Ronde van Drenthe, a women's cycling race in the Netherlands, was held on 17 March 2019. Italian Marta Bastianelli won the race in a three-way sprint before Dutch riders Chantal Blaak and Ellen van Dijk.


2019 Ronde van Drenthe
The race started and finished in Hoogeveen, covering eleven cobbled sections and three ascents of the VAM-berg. With a total distance of 165.7 kilometres (103.0 miles), it was the longest UCI Women's World Tour race ever. It was the second event of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour.


2019 Ronde van Drenthe, Teams
20 UCI teams entered the race, as well as a Dutch national team. Each team has a maximum of six riders:


2019 Ronde van Drenthe (women's race)
The 13th edition of the Ronde van Drenthe, a women's cycling race in the Netherlands, will be held on 17 March 2019. The race will be held over a distance of 165.7 kilometres (103.0 miles), starting and finishing in Hoogeveen. The race covers 11 cobbled sections and three ascents of the VAM-berg. It will be the second race of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour.


2019 Ronde van Drenthe (women's race), Teams
20 UCI teams will enter the race, as well as a Dutch national team. Each team has a maximum of six riders:


2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election
The 2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Roorkee Municipal Corporation, which governs Roorkee in Uttarakhand. It took place on 22 November 2019.


2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election, Election schedule
The Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll dates on 22 October 2019, that the election will be held on 22 November and that the result will be declared on 24 November.